PLANTING AND TRANSPLANTING : Page 76

Drainage for Transplanted Stock. The soil in which plants areplaced should be considered carefully. Sandy soils which have ampledrainage, and clayey soils, which naturally retain water, require dis-tinctly different treatment. It is invariably necessary in clayey soils,especially with larger trees, to provide artificial drainage. In sandysoils, on the other hand, an extra supply of water must be added,especially when stock is transplanted during the latter part of thespring season or in the warmer climates. A plant should not beplaced in a "pocket," excavated in shale or clay, which will affordlittle or no drainage; and it is of course better not to plant on asmall mound which will lose moisture rapidly during the dry season.The common practice of "hilling" earth around the stem of theplant, which sheds water away from the roots, is to be discouraged.A shallow, basin-shaped depression should be left around the stem.This will hold the water until it soaks down to the roots. Butsuitable allowance must be made for later settling of the loosenedearth.